Electrolytic anode



yR. A. PRICE.l LE TROLYTIC AN f1-5438322, Patented De@ 12,1922.

Patented Dec. l2, i922.

paritair RALPH ARTHUR PRICE, OF BERWYN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNQR T WESTERNELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF 'NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F'NEI/V YORK.

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application illed March 7, 1921.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I.v RALPH ARTHUR PRICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Berwyn, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrolytic An.- odes,of which the following is afull, clear, concise, and exact description.rllhis invention rela-tes to electrolytic anodes7 and more particularlyto anodes of such metals as zinc, etc. 4

The object of this invention is to provide a construction of anode yhookand suspending bar which reduces to a minimum the l5 tendency toward ahigh resistance Contact between such members dueto the accumulation ofsalts between their contacting surfaces.

In accordance with the general features of this invention the .anodehook and sus pending bar are formed with surfaces which provide forcontact between them at a point or points of small area with a pressureequal to the full weight of the suspended anode.

In practicing this invention one of the members is preferably circularin cross section, the other being provided with sharp contacting edge oredges and the engagement between them being at a point or points tosupport the anode in a vertical position. I

In the drawings in which this invention is illustrated in connectionwith a` suspending bar of circular cross section Fig. l is a viewin sideelevation of a hook formed in accordance with the features of thisinvention and shown applied to a suspending bar of circular crosssection;

Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. l, and

' Fig. 3 is a perspective of the parts.

As shown. in the drawing, there is provided a hook suspending member 5comprising angularly disposed arms 6 and 7 which arms are triangular incross section, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The arms 6 and 7 are sodisposed with relation to each other that in suspending the anode overthe bar the inner edges of the arms 6 and 7 engage the periphery of abar 8 at point-st) and 10 which are upon opposite sides of a verticalcenter line extending through the bar 8 and Serial No. 450,183.

above a horizontal line and extending..

through the center of said bar. The weight of the anode bearing upon thehook portion 5 causes the edges which are in contact with the bar 8 tobite into this bar a slight distance, thereby making a very intimatecontact with the bar which is. of low electrical resistance althoughcovering but a small area. Due to this intimate contact of small area,the formation of zinc salts between the anode hook and the anodesuspension bar is prevented.

The hook is preferably .cast integrally with the anode, therebyproviding an economical structure from a manufacturing standpoint. p

What is claimed is:

l. A pair of cooperating members for supporting an electrolytic lanodecomprising a hook and a supporting bar one of said `members being ofcircular cross section the other being provided with angularly 'disposedsharp engaging edges .cooperating with the member of circular crosssection at a. single point on each side of the vertical axis thereof toprovide contacts of area andlow resistance.

2. The combination with Va supporting bar of circular cross section, ofa' suspending hook for electrolytic anodes having a portion comprisingtwo angularly disposed small arms of triangular cross section in whichav single sharp portion of each arm engages the periphery of thesupporting bar upon opposite sides of the vertical axis thereof toprovide contacts ofvsmall area applied with a pressure equal to theweight of the anode.

3. A pair of cooperating members for supporting an electrolytic anodecomprising RALPH ARTHUR raton.

